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How are founders making product demos, ads, and social video with AI (Veo, Sora, Runway, HeyGen, ElevenLabs)?
The playbook that emerged in 2025: write the script yourself, use Gemini or ChatGPT to turn it into a shot-by-shot prompt list, generate clips in Veo (inside Google Flow), Sora 2, or Runway, then cut it together in CapCut or Premiere with an ElevenLabs voiceover. The reference case is Kalshi's NBA Finals ad, made by one AI filmmaker in three days for about $2,000. For SaaS product demos specifically, founders skip generation entirely and pair real screen captures with AI demo tools like Supademo, since showing the actual product beats synthesizing it.
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HubSpot's CMO duo walk the full Veo 3.1 + Nano Banana ad workflow live, prompts included.
Marketing Against The Grain (Kipp Bodnar & Kieran Flanagan)
Dec 2025
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A current, step-by-step product-ad build in Veo you can copy this afternoon.
YouTube tutorial
Jun 2026
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Takes one ad from blank page to finished cut, showing every intermediate artifact.
YouTube tutorial
Oct 2025
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Solves the founder's real problem: getting YOUR actual product into generated footage.
YouTube tutorial
Aug 2025
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Shows interactive AI demos replacing the classic recorded walkthrough.
YouTube tutorial
2025
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📄 Article
The canonical breakdown of the first AI-generated ad to air during the NBA Finals, tool by tool.
Ad Age
Jun 2025
Open adage.com →
📄 Article
Mainstream, skeptical reporting on the Kalshi ad that helps you separate the workflow from the hype.
NPR
Jun 2025
Open npr.org →
📄 Article
PJ Accetturo's actual numbers: 300-400 generations for 15 usable clips, script to air in three days.
Business Insider (via Yahoo)
Jun 2025
Open yahoo.com →
📄 Article
The primary source on what Sora 2 can and cannot do, including synced dialogue and sound.
OpenAI
Sep 2025
Open openai.com →
📄 Article
Explains the Sora app distribution angle founders can ride, not just the model.
TechCrunch
Sep 2025
Open techcrunch.com →
📄 Article
Flow is where most founder Veo workflows actually live; this is the official launch explainer.
Google
May 2025
Open blog.google →
📄 Article
Primary source on the consistency features that make Runway usable for real brand work.
Runway
Mar 2025
Open runwayml.com →
🧵 Thread
The launch thread with side-by-side examples so you can judge output quality yourself.
Runway
Mar 2025
Open x.com →
🧭 Guide
A demo-specific walkthrough, useful when the ad tutorials skew too cinematic.
Kaizen AI Consulting
2025
Open kaizenaiconsulting.com →
🧭 Guide
The screen-capture-first demo workflow, the right call when your product is software not pixels.
Supademo
2026
Open supademo.com →
📄 Article
An India-built video company stress-tests the big four models on real ad jobs.
InVideo (Indian AI video startup)
2025
Open invideo.io →
🧭 Guide
SaaS-flavoured Veo + Flow recipes: founder messages, demos, and explainer formats.
Creole Studios
2025
Open creolestudios.com →
🛠 Tool
The single tool where you storyboard, generate, and stitch Veo clips; over 275M videos made in it.
Google Labs
2025
Open labs.google →
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